The Greenhill River is a river in
Algoma District in
northeastern
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Ontario,
Canada.
It is in the
James Bay drainage basin, and is a left tributary of the
Missinaibi River.
Course
The river begins at Greenhill Lake in
geographic
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Makawa Township
and flows north, curving around the west side of the lake to eventually head southeast to Amik Lake. It continues south east then northeast through the north central part of geographic Amik Township,
then enters geographic Nebotik Township at the southwest corner. The river continues northeast, then turns east and takes in the right tributary
South Greenhill River. It continues east, enters geographic Conking Township,
turns northeast, enters geographic Hayward Township,
flows under the
Canadian National Railway
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transcontinental railway main line
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between the railway points of Fire River to the west and
Argolis to the east, a section of track travelled on by
Via Rail transcontinental ''
Canadian'' passenger trains, and reaches its mouth at the Missinaibi River. The Missinaibi River flows via the
Moose River to James Bay.
The entire course of the river, except for the short portion downstream (to the north) of the CN mainline, is within the
Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. That remaining short portion is within
Missinaibi Provincial Park
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.
Tributaries
*South Greenhill River (right)
*Winjiget Creek (right)
*Timia Creek (right)
References
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Rivers of Algoma District